he said you can push us push us, and push us and we'll be accommodating but you have to compromise. as if to say republicans or the house members, house republicans are the ones who need to compromise in the upcoming legislative session? >> well, i'll tell you house republicans feel of two mind right now. they actually don't want to have a middle class tax hike on their shoulders if the president calls the bluff and let he is all of the tax cuts expire because republicans wouldn't raise taxes on the top brackets. they don't want that on their heads. they think that would be damaging to them politically. they're looking 2014 where they want to take back majority in the senate and consolidate their majority in the house. they don't want a fight devastating takes them two years to try to recover from it. they're looking to move past this as quickly as possible, without compromising their principles but with compromising that the fiscal cliff issue is off the table. president obama doesn't have the leverage he is boasting about however because he wants a debt ceiling increase all in the